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• Science News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Can math stay human in the age of AI?

  As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?

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• Science – Ars Technica2026-10-13✓ Read

  High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom

  Honey bees are known to leave their stingers embedded in tender flesh once they sting you and fly away. Scientists have now determined that the stinger is able to continue pumping venom into its unfortunate victim even after the bee flies away, thanks to a unique double-piston pump-like mechanism, according to a new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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• Science | dw.com2026-10-12✓ Read

  Pope lung nodule: Could it be cancer?

  The case of Pope Leo shows how small lung nodules are often found during routine health checks. Quick treatment is generally advised before nodules can grow to become larger life-threatening masses.

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• Science News2026-10-09✓ Read

  How the Grand Canyon could have lost 1 billion years of geologic history

  The rise and fall of a continent-spanning cliff may help explain a mysterious 1-billion-year gap in Earth’s geologic history, a new study suggests.

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• Complete for Science Focus2026-10-09✓ Read

  Record numbers of humpback whales are gathering – and experts don’t know why

  After nearly going extinct only a few decades ago, these giants are getting together to put on one of nature’s most spectacular – and mysterious – shows

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• Science News2026-10-08✓ Read

  Kilauea’s display is revealing why volcanoes spew like a fountain show

  Scientists are using a variety of methods to study why Kilauea has repeatedly spewed lava fountains since late 2024. They may have ruled out one theory.

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• Science | dw.com2026-10-08✓ Read

  Early-onset cancer rising worldwide: Causes, risk, prevention

  Across Latin America, early-onset cancer rates have risen, with Chile and Brazil seeing the fastest growth, especially of bowel, breast and cervical cancers. But it is a worldwide trend.

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• Science News2026-10-07✓ Read

  Gene therapy and special goggles give some blind people limited sight

  Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay signals to the brain.

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• Science | dw.com2026-10-07✓ Read

  How winning a Nobel Prize can give you delusions of grandeur

  After being chosen for one of the world's most prestigious awards, some Nobel laureates lose touch with reality and suddenly start spouting unscientific nonsense. They're afflicted by what some have called "Nobelitis."

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• Science News2026-10-06✓ Read

  An extinct crocodilian was found among rocks that built the Great Sphinx

  Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch of the gharial family tree.

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• Science News2026-10-06✓ Read

  The world’s loudest bird could drown out a rock concert

  Bigger bodies and wider beaks help birds like the bare-throated bellbird belt out calls louder than a jackhammer, but why such volume evolved remains unclear.

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• Science | dw.com2026-10-05✓ Read

  Suspected pneumonic plague in Siberia: What we know about the disease

  A worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has died, and nearly 200 of her contacts are under medical observation. Russian authorities deny a link to the bacterial infection. The US is monitoring the situation.

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• Science News2026-10-01✓ Read

  Here’s how brain-eating amoebas may infect people

  Naegleria amoebas’ exploration skills and crawling behaviors could help explain how the brain-eating variety travel into human brains.

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• Science News2026-10-01✓ Read

  A video of a humpback whale and her dead calf reveals the animals’ bond

  A female humpback whale may have spent days with her stillborn calf. This rare sighting may suggest that baleen whales experience grief.

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• Science – Ars Technica2026-09-30✓ Read

  What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles

  Old-fashioned striped barbershop poles turn in place on a vertical axis, but humans typically perceive the stripes moving upward rather than turning with the pole. It's a well-known visual illusion arising from processing biases in human vision. According to a new paper published in the journal Nature, a similar effect could explain how butterflies often evade predatory birds: Their flight patterns and wing patterns combine to make it hard for predators to accurately gauge speed and direction.

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• Science | dw.com2026-09-30✓ Read

  El Nino is a ‘postcard from the future’ — and could cause 451,000 excess heat deaths

  The current El Nino could cause 451,000 excess heat deaths. Researchers warn it offers a glimpse of temperatures that may become normal within 20 years.

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• Complete for Science Focus2026-09-28✓ Read

  ‘Surprisingly sophisticated’: Experts discover a common houseplant can count

  Can plants enumerate 1 to 10 on their root tendrils? No. But scientists say certain plants can ‘count’ and even do simple maths because they possess uncanny abilities to keep tabs on insect invaders and their own food stores.

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• Science News2026-09-28✓ Read

  Peru’s penguins are on the brink. A super El Niño could make it worse

  Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding out hope that their numbers will bounce back.

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• Complete for Science Focus2026-09-27✓ Read

  The 5 most surprising lessons about cholesterol, according to world-leading experts

  From eating eggs to spotting the signs, there’s a lot to get wrong when it comes to your blood fats.

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• Science | dw.com2026-09-26✓ Read

  Backlash over data centers tests Europe’s AI ambitions

  Massive data centers needed to run AI are triggering protests across Europe. Their operators counter that they boost digital sovereignty and energy independence.

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